Last October, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) decision ruled that the sex worker known as GK did not have a discrimination case against the Drover’s Rest Motel owners, who had refused her accommodation.

Now motels across the state are using QCAT’s decision to prohibit sex workers from using their premises.

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Karlaa, based in Queensland’s southeast corner, has been a fly-in fly-out sex worker for a number of years after ‘discovering’ the mining towns, and she has seen no boom.

“The reasons why few sex workers travel to these areas could be down to the lack of accommodation, high price of flights, hire cars and very average accommodation,” she told the WINO.

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It’s the latest saga in a 16-month union-versus-company confrontation over a new enterprise agreement for 3500 BMA workers at seven Bowen Basin mine sites.

Employees have already voted once on the issue last September, and resoundingly rejected the company’s offer.

There has also been strike action across the seven sites over the past year, causing significant disruption to BMA’s operations.

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BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has been running the programme at Eureka Accommodation Village outside Moranbah since February and has contracted a Mackay-based medical business to run the clinic.

“BMA is aware of the difficulty in attracting and retaining medical  professional in the region, and hopes the trial will relieve pressure on town-based services,” a spokesperson told the WINO.

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The Mackay Chamber of Commerce is working to bring Sarina businesses into the fold, and help combat some of the challenges they face.

“Sarina main street businesses have the same issues as any other community like Mackay or Airlie Beach when it comes to increased online and shopping centre competition,” said Chamber chair Kylie Porter.

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Rio Tinto’s Hail Creek mine has been releasing water in two locations: Schammer and Middle Creeks.  It is expected to continue pumping water out until the end of the month.

Rio Tinto’s Clermont mine is also releasing water into Wolfang Creek – and will continue to do so into next month.

It’s a far cry from the 20 mines that were releasing water in the region back in March, with the onset of the late wet season.

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The study is being jointly funded by Capricorn Enterprise and Queensland Rail, with Rockhampton firm Tanner Consultants employed to carry out the work.

This week, Julie Tanner, said while she can’t go into the specifics of the report, an enormous amount of work had gone into the study to show what businesses and workers thought of the proposal.

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The proposed Wongai underground mine 150 kilometres north-west of Cooktown has the potential to operate for at least 30 years and could export 1.5 million tonnes of coking coal per year.

About 250 jobs are expected during the construction of the mine if it goes ahead.

The proposed Aust-Pac Capital mine site is freehold land owned by the Kalpowar Aboriginal Land Trust established under the Aboriginal Land Act 1991.

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Hosted by the Queensland Resources Council, the newly minted Minister visited BMA’s Goonyella-Riverside mine outside Moranbah plus QR National’s Jilalan rail complex near Sarina and the Hay Point – Dalrymple Bay coal port facilities.

He was impressed.

“Right across Queensland’s mining communities we see examples of resource companies making [social] contributions, which I welcome and applaud,” he later said.

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The mining giants of the region – BHP through its BHP Mitsubishi alliance (BMA) arm and Rio Tinto have given more than just hints that some aspects of their business will slow down.

Last week, Rio Tinto’s chief executive Tom Albanese flagged that higher costs were forcing a rethink of the company’s expansion plans, and driverless trucks and trains would soon be part of the Bowen Basin landscape.

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